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STOVE MAT FOR COFFEE POTS 0R O THER UTENSILS. No. 246,271. Patented Aug;23,1881

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NHE STATES PATENT rrIcE,

ELIZABETH O. ZUMWALT, OF PORT ORFORD, OREGON.

STOVE-MAT FOR COFFEE-POTS AND OTHER UTENSILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,271, dated August23, 1881,

Application filed January 24, 1881. (No model.)

10 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH CAROLINE ZUMWALT, of Port Orford, Currycounty, Oregon, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stove-Matst'or (lotfee-Pots and other Utensils, of which the following is aspecification.

The figure is a perspective view of the improvement.

The object of this invention is to prevent the bottoms of cotl'ee-potsand other utensils from being worn or injured by moving the utensilsabout upon a stove.

The invention consists in a mat constructed of a plate of sheet metal,having apertures and a handle to adapt the mat to be placed upon the topof a stove to receive a cotl'ee-pot or other utensil, as will behereinafter fully described.

A is a circular plate of sheet-iron, of such a size as to allow acoflee-pot or other utensil to be set upon it. The plate A has slots orapertures B formed through it, to allow the heat from the stove to comeinto direct contact with the bottom of the utensil standing upon theplate A.

Upon the plate A, at one side, is formed, or to it is attached, ahandle, 0, which rises a little above the plane of the plate A, so thatthe hand that grasps it will not come in contact with the top of thestove. The handle (J may be provided witha hand-pieee,1),of wood orother material that is a non-conductor of heat.

In using the mat, it is placed upon the top of a stove and thecoffee-pot or other utensil is placed upon it, so that the utensil canbe moved from place to place by sliding the mat upon the top of thestove. In this way the bottom of the coffee-pot or other utensil isprotected from being worn by contact with the top of the stove.

Having thus describedmyinvention, Iclaim as newand desire to secure byLetters Patent- A coffeepot mat consisting of the metallic plate A,having the holes 13, the shank G, and the handle D, as shown anddescribed.

ELIZABETH CAROLINE ZUM WALT.

\Vitnesses:

ASA GARMAN, J. B. TIGHENOR.

